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To kill or destroy completely.

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Usage examples (33)
  • Because I see that, some on the DD end of things would "exterminate" me or confine me to a gulag.
  • Imagine the sound of a Dalek on Dr. Who and instead of "exterminate" use "Delete, delete, delete, delete!"
  • Let such men reside in thy dominions as advance the interests of others and do them good, but not such as exterminate others.
  • EVERYTHING has been tried to "exterminate" those (rich and ruling) jews, but they ALWAYS keep coming back, better and stronger, like the "insects" they are ALWAYS...
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